The Kayfabe coup is under way
Prigozhin takes Rostov; OMON takes Wagner HQ; Putin silent so far...
Over night, Russian Telegram channels were flooded with videos of Wagner Group detachments staging a coup in Rostov. In Voronezh they’ve reportedly exchanged fire with regular forces; in others, paramilitaries at checkpoints designed to stop them are shown hiding as they pass.
Wagner’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, declared war on the Russian general staff …
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